Happy Birthday Jackson!!!

The birthdays just never stop in our family! Today is Jacksons birthday! He turned 5 today.....I feel soooo old when I think about how old he is. Since I missed his birthday party, I took him out for a milkshake and brought Jackson his birthday gifts.

Jackson's cool birthday hat from school (I made him wear it into McDonalds!)



Swiftly unwrapping gifts...




I think he found something he likes!



The birthday boy!



A cool gift from mom and dad...



Hope it was a great day Jackson!

And the countdown officially begins!

Some of you know, some of you don't know, but as of 5 months from today I will be getting married!!!! Mike and I have actually been engaged since March 2007 and have patiently been waiting to finish school to get married.....and FINALLY it is 2008 and the countdown can start!

We are obviously very excited to be getting married and relieved that most of the planning is out of the way....there are still a few small details to hammer out, but for the most part, all the "big" things, like the location, "THE" dress, the cake, the flowers, etc, etc have been selected!

Here is a somewhat recent picture of Mike and I:



And here is a picture from the day we got engaged! :) (it was very windy and I had been bawling my eyes out like any normal girl!!!!)

Happy Birthday Heidi!

Today is my sisters birthday! We all gathered at our parents house for dinner, cake and presents. Heidi is actually training for a half marathon and ran 9, NINE, miles this morning (at like 6am) on her birthday!!! Umm, that is so not for me.....but she looks pretty great to have ran all over Charlotte this morning :) Heidi, I hope you had a wonderful day......I love you!

Heidi and Jackson, waiting for their cake and ice cream





Jackson is wanting part of the action...




Heidi and Jim




Benjamin could care less about the presents...




So belated Happy New Year to everyone and hopefully in the next week I'll have some cute Christmas pictures up and pics from my trip to California over Christmas!